Roof $10000 / 25 year life span / 12 months in a year = $33 per month.

. $6 sf = $18000/ 8 year life span / 12 months in a year = $188 per month in floor capex.

I have a couple of LCs out there too that end in the same time span.... $220k and a $320k.   

The average life span for floors is 8 years.

You have two 3b2b and two 2b2b. estimate 4400 sf of flooring. 4400@ $6 sf = $26400 / 8 year life span / 12 months in a year = $275 per month just in floors.

Anyone have a long enough attention span to actually read that?....

Some are just 30 to 60 days behind but will eventually get there.Best estimate to absorb the defaulted loans today and int he future is about a 3 to 4 year span on the residential side.Now what you have to do is look at your LOCAL MARKET.There are small pockets where prices have continued to rise and short sales and foreclosures are almost non-existent.There was never a down turn in these area.So don't look at nationwide data and say "Why isn't it this way in my back yard?"

You would have to have your accountant look into the possibility of splitting the money up and doing a 1031 with a part of the money being reinvested in the foreign country, and bringing back the rest, This would help you to break up the time span in which you pay all of the tax.

In some cases, you can sell a used unit from a property with some life span left to an AC company to use for parts and put that income toward the costs of a new unit.

It's kind of like UFC but we don't actually get bloody noses :mrgreen: for now I'm out, I'm stuck to the tv watching CNN and C-Span